Cites son's health, replacement will be appointed next month

Councilman Joe Woerner announced Wednesday evening that he will step down from his seat in order to focus his attention on his family and his ailing son Michael. Woerner’s son was diagnosed in December 2014 with neurofibromatosis 1 [NF1], a genetic disorder that causes tumors to form on nerve tissue. In reading from a written […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 6 p.m., followed by the regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on the agenda include: •Executive session discussion regarding contract […]

Credit card payment includes a transaction charge

Asbury Park tax and utility bills can now be paid online via the city’s website, according to a news release issued Tuesday by the municipality. The credit card payments are administered via the Edmunds payment system and include an estimated 2.9 percent fee, according to officials. From the news release: In order to view the […]

Move For Hunger & Asbury Fresh Earth Day event yields composting kit

Before you throw away leftover vegetables and fruit – think gazpacho. That was but one of the tips Chef Dan Vogt [at right], owner of Hello Chef in Long Branch, shared with those who attended Friday’s Earth Day Urban Composting Workshop at Cowerks on Lake Avenue in Asbury Park. Hosted by Move for Hunger and […]

The Asbury to hire 60 of the 110 graduates for its May 26 opening

Workforce development became a part of the municipal conversation almost as soon as the Mayor and Council took office last year. On Saturday, a part of that conversation was realized when as 110 area residents – 90 percent of them from Asbury Park and Neptune, graduated from hotelier David Bowd’s Salt School. “I want to […]

A Keansburg and 3 Asbury men named in 9-count indictment

Three Asbury Park men and a Keansburg resident face life imprisonment for the 2009 killing of a Red Bank Middle School teacher, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced Monday afternoon. A Monmouth County grand jury returned a nine-count indictment against each of the men charged in connection with the Sept. 14, 2009 death […]

iStar Summer Experience Center and Madison Marquette on agenda

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to hold a workshop meeting at 6 p.m. Monday in council chambers at City Hall, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. A public participation session is scheduled to take place near the end of the meeting, after comments from city officials. Items on the agenda for the meeting include: […]

National campaign has collected over 5.5 million pounds of pills since 2010

The Deal Police Department is once again joining forces with the Drug Enforcement Administration [DEA] to prevent the misuse of prescription drugs. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, the police department will collect potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. According to a news release, the initiative addresses a vital public safety and […]

Proceeds benefit American Littoral Society and Shifting Sands

Avid runner True Fahys of Middletown said she initially thought the 4 p.m. start time for Saturday’s Inaugural 5K Lobster Run/Walk held along the Asbury Park boardwalk, up around Wesley Lake and back was going to be bit tricky. But in the end, the top female finisher, who also finished third overall, said it was […]

NJDOT: the trees were removed due to severe decay

It may have been bad timing but the trees cleared from the perimeter of the Asbury Park circle on Earth Day posed a safety hazard, according to a letter addressed to Sen. Jennifer Beck (R-Monmouth). In the letter, New Jersey Department of Transportation spokesman Scott Stephens said, “The trees were removed due to severe decay.” […]